SIMON GLATZ, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (Retired), has extensive experience in managing both commercial and defense oriented business and engineering projects. He began his career as an engineer with Grumman, and moved on to work at Hughes and IBM as a Project Manager. After joining Litton Industries, he served as Department Manager and Project Manager on the DD963 program. Before founding Advanced Marine Enterprises, Mr. Glatz held business management positions with two privately owned Naval Architecture firms. Mr. Glatz has a BS in Aeronautical Engineering and an MS Applied Mechanics. While CEO, Mr. Glatz concentrated his efforts on business strategy, sales and marketing, and corporate development and was responsible for determining AME's goals, direction, and philosophy. Mr. Glatz retired from AME in May 1996.
JOHN DREWRY, CORPORATE PRESIDENT, has over 25 years of technical and management experience in ship design, naval architecture, systems engineering, and business management. He began his career in the Advanced Ship Project Office of the Naval Ship Research and Development Center. He moved to Litton Ship Systems as a Department Manager, where he worked with Simon Glatz and Otto Jons. In this capacity, and those that followed at Naval Ship Engineering Center, Mr. Drewry participated in the design of the CG 47, AEGIS destroyers, nuclear submarines, DD 963, and various advanced hull forms. He has a BSE and an MS in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, and an MBA Mr. Drewry is responsible for corporate-wide finance, accounting, and operations.
OTTO JONS, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, has an in-depth background in naval ship platform and systems engineering and technical management. He acquired a solid foundation in these fields working at Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a research engineer and research assistant. At Litton Ship Systems, where he met Mr. Drewry and Mr. Glatz, he was responsible for structural design of the DD963 destroyer. Prior to founding Advanced Marine Enterprises, Mr. Jons also held principal research scientist and technical director positions as two private ship design firms. He is recognized as a renowned expert in ship design and has lectured widely at symposia and courses attended by the naval architecture industry. He has a diploma in engineering (shipbuilding), as well as a master of science degree in naval architecture and marine engineering.
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